Lyrics:

Ah yo son*
I know what you trynna do man
I know your trynna do
All that stuff you doin
I'd a been
I'd a been through all that you know what I'm saying
You know your messed up right
You know your messed up
Oh, so how you gonna get yourself otta this kid just a second
We need to talk
I don't like the path that you've chosen to walk
I'm not trying to swoop down on you like a hawk
I just don't want to see mapped out on chalk
I know what your thinking I see all your thoughts this glory your after I already saw
But all that you fight for will add up to naught
Disaster runs faster your gonna get caught
People will tell you what you wanna hear
Just means their clever
And don't face their fear
I hope what I'm telling you comes accross clear cause this is your life
There's no second chance here
I don't think I'm perfect or anything near made some mistakes of my own through the years
That you don't learn from that is my biggest fear
Don't make me a feeler
It's too much to bear

[Repeat Chorus:]
Stains of all my chilhood sorrows on the walls of my mind
Are there any bright tomorrows
Pain is all I seem to find
How did I ever get to be here oh the truth cuts like a knife
Pappa used to tell me about karma that's the story of my life
Sure you believe that I won't understand
Turn to your friends cause you think that they can
Remember I wasn't born as a grown man
These problems been here ever since I began
You ain't wearing diapers I can't hold your hand
You've fallin just let me show you how to land
If your friends really loved you then it would be grand
Then why ain't they here when you sinking in sand
Cause been where you wanna go that ain't no joke
You only hurting your self with all that stuff you smoke
Shots where you wanna shoot
Tokes where you wanna toke, {sp}
Done my drunk drivin in it my lisence revoked
Did my shop lifting
Hid stuff in my coat
Suddenly found myself being a [? ] {skank ko}
It only takes a pebble to start rocking the boat
When trouble comes guess who put the knife to my throat

[Repeat Chorus:] (2x)